nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 months agoLawsuit paperwork reveals Valve employs around 350 people – and less than 100 work for Steam. Most of Valve's payroll is still committed to game dev roles.www.gamesindustry.bizexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkLawsuit paperwork reveals Valve employs around 350 people – and less than 100 work for Steam. Most of Valve's payroll is still committed to game dev roles.www.gamesindustry.biznanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square35fedilink
minus-squareNibodhika@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoWhy do you think they need outsourcing? Do you really think that 100 people is not enough?
minus-squareampersandrew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThey do outsource. There are contractors checking to make sure that, when you submit a game to Steam, it isn’t malware and has all of the features that you say it has. And those are just the ones I know about.
minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThey absolutely outsource janitorial. I’ve never been at a company that didn’t. You don’t usually have your senior devs vacuuming the carpet and emptying bins at the end of the day.
minus-squareMeetInPotatoes@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoSteam claims they’re available in over two hundred countries. Do you really think that one employee for every two countries is enough?
Why do you think they need outsourcing? Do you really think that 100 people is not enough?
They do outsource. There are contractors checking to make sure that, when you submit a game to Steam, it isn’t malware and has all of the features that you say it has. And those are just the ones I know about.
They absolutely outsource janitorial. I’ve never been at a company that didn’t.
You don’t usually have your senior devs vacuuming the carpet and emptying bins at the end of the day.
Steam claims they’re available in over two hundred countries. Do you really think that one employee for every two countries is enough?